KADUNA TRAIN BOMBING: ‘’We don’t need money, the govt. knows our need – Terrorists say
The terrorists who bombed the Kaduna bound train from Abuja last Monday have urged the government to do the needful for them to release other captives with them. Solacebase reports that the terrorists in a short video of 1.21 , one minute, twenty one seconds together with the just released Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture, […]
NEWMAP reclaims 30 hectares of degraded land in Kaduna – coordinator
World Bank-supported Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) has planted trees on 30 hectares in three local government areas (LGAs) of Kaduna State. The Project Coordinator, Mr Jibril Dahiru, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Monday, said this was part of climate change mitigation efforts. Dahiru said […]
NIN-SIM linkage: We’ve lost millions of naira -Barred subscribers
Mobile network subscribers, who were barred from making calls on Tuesday, have decried the impact of the ban by telecommunication companies on their businesses. Some of the respondents, who spoke to Newmen said they have lost millions of naira to the sudden disconnection of their mobile network lines. The Federal Government had directed telecommunication companies to […]
SIM not linked to NIN to be barred from today
The federal government has ordered telecommunication companies to bar calls from phone numbers that are yet to be linked to their National Identity Numbers (NIN) from today, April 4. Subscribers who are yet to link their phone numbers to their NINs will not be allowed to make calls until the linkage is done. This was […]
JAMB increases exam service charge over high diesel cost
Candidates who will be participating in the 2022 mock Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will have to pay N1,000 as service charge to computer-based testing centres they are assigned to sit for the examination. JAMB noted that it increased the service charge from N600 to N1,000 due […]
Anti-govt sermon: Abuja Imam now sacked -Mosque committee
Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Shiekh Nuru Khalid, has been sacked for delivering a sermon that criticised the government over killings in Nigeria. Recall that it was reported earlier today that the Imam was suspended by the Steering Committee of the mosque on Saturday. But the chairman of the mosque committee, Senator Saidu […]
Two million people’ll start receiving N20bn monthly from June -FG
The Federal Government has said that two million people will start receiving about N20bn from June this year as basic cash transfers and conditional cash transfers under the National Cash Transfer Programme. According to report the Federal Government would pay the two million people N5,000 each under the basic cash transfer and an additional N5,000 […]
Abuja Imam suspended for anti-govt sermon, PDP fumes
The Chief Imam of Apo legislative quarters Juma’at mosque, Abuja, Alhaji Nuru Khalid, has been suspended after stating in his sermon last Friday that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had failed. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, however, criticised the move, insisting that the suspension was evidence that the Buhari regime was as repressive […]
Rising insecurity may lead to telecoms blackout, telcos warn
Telecommunication companies under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria have said that rising insecurity in the nation is hindering their ability to deliver communication services to their subscribers, warning that the development may lead to a communication blackout if it persists. According to the President, ALTON, Mr Gbenga Adebayo, it […]
Bello declares for 2023 presidency, promises security, economic prosperity
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Saturday declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. He asked Nigerians to make informed decisions on who becomes the next president, as he warned against repeating past mistakes. The governor, who expressed his interest at an event at the […]